Kishimoto returns to write and draw a new Naruto manga for 2027

The one genuinely new work on the slate is the manga, and it is the one Kishimoto makes himself. He is writing and drawing Shadow Rising ^[2]. The crossover is a different arrangement. Kishimoto and Ninku creator Koji Kiriyama supervise it rather than draw it ^[5]. The film sits further out, with director Destin Daniel Cretton attached ^[9]. Of those three, only the manga has him at the drawing board ^[12].

When a franchise returns on several fronts at once, the split between who makes and who supervises matters. A sequel brings the maker back to the core work, while a brand extension licenses the name to other hands. Shadow Rising is a sequel; the crossover and the film are closer to brand extensions. The panel order said the same. The manga came only as a teaser at the very end ^[1].

Cretton did not appear in person; he sent a video message with no concrete details. The worldwide casting search for Team 7, he noted, began this summer ^[11]. He signed off, "thank you for your passion, your patience, and for being along for the ride" ^[10].

For an operator bringing back an old product line, the question these reveals answer unevenly is which pieces bring the original creator back to the work and which only reuse the name. On Naruto, Kishimoto is drawing one book and supervising, or stepping back from, the other two ^[2][5][9].